Administrative division of East Timor

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East Timor's state borders

The current division of the administrative structure of East Timor was determined in the ministerial document 6/2003 of July 29, 2003 and only slightly changed on July 14, 2004 and September 15, 2009. In 2014 the names of the administrative units were renamed and in 2015 the administrative boundaries were partly changed again. 2017 was followed by the ministerial document 16/2017 the creation of ten new Sucos .

Overview

East Timor consists of the eastern part of the island of Timor , the exclave Oe-Cusse Ambeno in the western part and the offshore islands Atauro and Jaco (the latter uninhabited). Together these areas make up an area of ​​14,954.44 km² with 1,066,409 inhabitants (2010 census). The capital of the country is Dili .

historical development

Military headquarters
from 1860
Rich
Dili Motael , Ulmera , Hera , Caimau , Dailor , Failacôr, Laclo
Manatuto Laicore (Laicor), Manatuto , Laclubar , Funar , Laleia , Caruhi
Vemasse Vemasse , Fatumartó, Venilale
Lautém Faturó , Sarau , Matarufa (Marufa)
Viqueque Bibiluto , Viqueque , Luca , Lacluta , Dilor , Bibico, Barique
Alas Dotik , Alas , Manufahi , Raemean , Suai , Camenaça
Bibissuço (Buursuco) Samoro , Bibissuço , Claco, Foulão (Foulau), Tutuluro , Turiscaen
Cailaco Atsabe , Deribate (Diribate), Leimea , Mahubo (Mauhubo), Cailaco
Maubara Boibau, Ermera , Maubara , Liquiçá
Batugade Cutubaba (Cotubaba), Sanirin , Balibo , Cowa
Oecussi (from 1863) Oecussi , Ambeno

The mixed troops from Portugal, Goa , Macau and Mozambique , set up by the Portuguese governor Luís Augusto de Almeida Macedo (1856 to 1859), were legally obliged not to interfere in the internal administration of the Liurai . The 50 or so Timorese traditional rulers in what was then the Portuguese Timor colony continued to have internal power. However, the Liurais also received orders from the colonial government to build plantations. They also had to pay taxes.

On August 2, 1860, the governor Afonso de Castro divided the colony into ten military commanderships (comandos militares) or districts for the first time with decree No. 58 , to which Oecussi was added on April 4, 1863 as the eleventh. Each district was assigned a commander with military and civil powers, whose duties and responsibilities were laid down in 39 articles by de Castro. The commanders were the extended arm of the governor responsible for peace in their districts and had to make an inspection tour of all empires in their district at least every two months. They had to find out about all incidents and could also punish the residents for offenses. Only the governor could impose penalties on the Liurais. The commanders were also responsible for collecting taxes and setting up the coffee plantations that had existed here since 1815. Each empire had to cede five men for the district guard to the district commander. These soldiers received European training, were clothed and armed. In addition, each empire provided a man as a servant for the commandant and horses and crew for the inspection trip. The commanders of the Liurais were not allowed to accept gifts. In 1883 a new list of the division of empires to the districts was drawn up by Governor Bento da França Pinto de Oliveira .

Districts from 1883 Rich
1st Comando militar de Oecussi Ambeno , Noimuti
2nd Comando militar de Batugade Balibo , Cowa , Cutubaba , Sanirin , Suai
3rd Comando militar de Maubara Atsabe (Atisasabo), Boibau, Cailaco , Deribate (Diribate), Ermera , Hubulo, Leimea (Leimiam), Liquiçá , Mahubo (Mahubu), Marobo .
4th Comando militar de Dili Caimau , Dailor , Failacôr, Hera , Laclo , Manumera , Motael
5th Comando militar de Manatuto Baucau , Cairui (Cairuhy), Laclubar , Laicore, Laleia , Funar , Manatuto
6º Comando militar de Vemasse Fatumartó, Faturó , Laga , Sarau , Vemasse , Venilale .
7º Comando militar de Viqueque Barique , Bibico, Bibiluto , Luca , Lacluta , Viqueque
8º Comando militar de Alas Alas , Bibissuço , Dotik , Foholau , Manufahi , Raimea , Tutuluro , Samoro , Turiscai

In 1908, Governor José Celestino da Silva divided Portuguese Timor into 15 military commanderships (Commandos militares) , which also decentralized civil administration. The military commanderships were again divided into 35 postos militares , under the leadership of an officer or non-commissioned officer of the local 2 a linha . The military commanderships were:

A list of markets in the colony from 1911 again only knew eleven commandant offices. Remexio and Viqueque were again subordinated to other units.

Comandos (1911) Markets
Mothael Ermera , Remexio , Aileu
Liquiçá Aipêlo, Boibau, Maubara
Hato-Lia Hato-Lia
Batugadé Balibó
Lamakitos Bobonaro , Suai
Manufahi Seed
Manatuto Manatuto , Laclubar
Baucau Baucau , Viqueque
Lautém Lautém , Loré
Okuses Pant Makassar
Dilly (vila) Dilly

In 1912 the sucos were introduced as an administrative level to circumvent the traditional rulers. Ten years later, the respective population centers formed the first civil administrative units after the military power over the colony lost its monopoly under the Treaty with the Netherlands in 1914. Under the governor, the administrador , to whom the chefes de posto were obliged, was responsible for the timely submission of taxes. The Chefes de Posto could be both Portuguese and Timorese. They were subordinate to the Chefes de Suco , who fulfilled administrative tasks in their area and played an intermediary role between the population and the colonial rulers. The Chefes de Suco came from the ranks of the lower, Timorese nobles (Dato) and had to be able to speak and write Portuguese and belong to the Christian faith. The village chiefs, the chefes de Povoações , were responsible to them . Internal social, ritual and political tasks remained assigned to the Liurai.

In 1934 a civilian administrative system was introduced. In 1940 the first circle (concelho) was created with Dili . In the 1950s, the areas on the border with West Timor formed the Fronteira district , the coastal strip of today's communities of Dili and Liquiçá formed the Dili district, Suro was to the south, and Manatuto district extended further east from the north to the south coast, as did the Subsequent district of São Domingos , which was roughly in the area of ​​today's municipality of Baucau and Viqueque , and in the far east Lautém , to which Uatucarbau belonged at that time . In the 1960s, the Bobonaro , Cova Lima (1961), Liquiçá, Ermera , Ainaro (1967), Same (now Manufahi ), Baucau and Viqueque districts were formed, and finally the Oecussi-Ambeno district in August 1973 . The district of Aileu was only separated from Dili in the last years of the Portuguese rule over East Timor. The administrators were almost exclusively mestizo at the end of the Portuguese colonial era . Only one of the 13 was European. Postos administrativos, sucos, aldeias / povoação and bairros served as subordinate administrative units .

Relic from the time when Aileu still belonged to the Dili district: Dili's coat of arms on a monument in Remexio from 1963
Names of the administrative units (head)
Portuguese colonial times Indonesian occupation independence since 2014
Distrito / circunscrição (administrator) Kabupaten (Bupati) Distrito (administrator) Município (administrator)
Posto (chefe de posto, encarregado de posto) Kecamatan (Camat) Subdistrito (administrator) Posto Administrativo (administrator)
Suco (chef de suco) Desa (Kepala desa) Suco (chef de suco) Suco (chef de suco)
Povação / Aldeia (chefe de povação / chefe de aldeia) Dusun (Kepala dusun) Aldeia (chefe de aldeia) Aldeia (chefe de aldeia)

During the Indonesian occupation (1975 to 1999) the administrative structure of East Timor was adapted to the Indonesian one. The names were simply changed for this. Conselhos became kabupatens / districts , postos became kecamatans / subdistricts , sucos became desas , aldeias became kampungs and bairros became RW (rukun warga) and RT (rukun tetangga) . A military administrative structure was also set up parallel to the civil one. The governor was appointed for five years by President Suharto and confirmed by the Council of People's Representatives of the Province (DPRD). The governor formed the executive branch and was the chairman of the DPRP and thus the highest authority in the province. With the end of the Indonesian occupation, the Indonesian-language names disappeared and the names "District" and "Subdistrict" were used in the new official languages ​​Portuguese and Tetum.

The borders from the end of the colonial era were only changed more in a few cases:

  • During the Indonesian occupation , the Turiscai sub- district was separated from the Ainaro district and added to the Manufahi district.
  • For this, the sub- district Hato-Udo moved from Manufahi to Ainaro.
  • The Mape-Zumalai sub- district was moved from the Ainaro district to the Cova Lima district during the 2003 local government reform.
  • A small area from Baucau district came to Viqueque district in 2003.

On July 14th, 2004 some changes were made to the administrative structure. In subdistrict Tilomar Subdistrict a fourth Suco was created and the Sucos in the city of Dili restructured again. On September 15, 2009, with the ministerial document 199/2009, new, official spellings of the area names were published and the number of Aldeias was reduced to 2225.

In 2014 the previous districts ( Portuguese Distrito ) were renamed municipalities ( Portuguese Município ) and the subdistricts ( Portuguese Subdistrito ) into administrative offices ( Portuguese Posto Administrativo ) with Law 4/2014 and Government Ordinance 28/2014.

The 2010 census showed again that many of the demarcations of the then sub-districts and sucos that took place during the Indonesian occupation were not accepted by local rulers and the local population, for example in today's communities of Baucau, Bobonaro, Dili, Ermera, Liquica , Manatuto and Manufahi. In 2015, the administrative boundaries were again adjusted at all levels and in 2017 with the Diploma Ministerial 16/2017 of March 31, “Kriasaun Sucos Foun”, ten new sucos were created.

Communities

East Timor has twelve municipalities ( Portuguese Município , tetum Munisípiu ) and the exclave Special Administrative Region ( Portuguese Região Administrativa Especial ) Oe-Cusse Ambeno, which has a special role. In Article 71 of the East Timorese Constitution , Oe-Cusse Ambeno guarantees this in administration and economic policy. However, the actual implementation of this constitutional article was initially lacking. As in the other districts of East Timor at that time, the district administrator was appointed by the national government in the first few years, as were the administrators of the sub-districts. It was not until June 18, 2014 that the Autoridade da Região Administrativa Especial de Oe-Cusse Ambeno (ARAEO) was created with Law 03/2014 . Former Prime Minister Marí Alkatiri has been appointed President of ARAEO . He was given additional powers by the cabinet on January 23, 2015, in order to comply with the special constitutional status of Oe-Cusse Ambenos. The island of Atauro belongs to the municipality of Dili, the island of Jaco to the municipality of Lautém.

The districts of East Timor before the 2003 territorial reform
The districts of East Timor between 2003 and 2015
The communities of East Timor since 2015
Number
according to card
local community ISO 3166-2: TL Inhabitants (2004) Population (2015) Area 2010 in km² Area since 2015 in km² Capital
06th Aileu TL-AL 037,926 048,837 0.676.02 0.735.94 Aileu
10 Ainaro TL-AN 052,476 063.136 0.869.79 0.802.59 Ainaro
02 Baucau TL-BA 100,326 123.203 1,507.95 1,504.17 Baucau
11 Bobonaro TL-BO 097,762 098,932 1,380.82 1,378.10 Maliana
12 Cova Lima TL-CO 052,818 065,301 1,206.66 1,198.59 Suai
05 Dili TL-DI 173,541 277.279 0.368.12 0.364.12 Dili
09 Ermera TL-ER 103.199 125,702 0.770.83 0.756.47 Gleno
01 Lautém TL-LA 055,921 065,240 1,813.11 1,816.68 Lospalos
08th Liquiçá TL-LI 054,834 071,927 0.550.95 0.559.92 Liquiçá
04th Manatuto TL-MT 036,719 046,619 1,785.96 1,783.34 Manatuto
07th Manufahi TL-MF 044,950 053,691 1,326.60 1,332.50 Seed
13 Oe-Cusse Ambeno TL-OE 057,469 068,913 0.817.23 0.813.62 Pante Macassar
03 Viqueque TL-VI 065,245 076.033 1,880.39 1,872.68 Viqueque

The administrators of the municipalities are appointed by the central government in Dili. Since March 2008, the conversion of the districts into parishes was planned for decentralization. It took place in 2015. In the future, a municipal administration and a council are to be created. A mayor should ensure the implementation of the resolutions and be responsible for the municipal administration. Law 11/2009 of October 7th established the planned conversion. Law 04/2014 goes the furthest. It provides a framework for the further decentralization of the districts, gives the administrators a larger budget from the central government, and places them directly above most of the agencies that work at the community level. The administration of the administrative offices is also subordinate to the municipal administration.

Administrators are sometimes referred to as “Presidents of the Municipal Government(Presidente da Autoridade Municipal) . It is not clear whether there are differences here.

Both are subject to the following tasks:

  1. Authorizing the execution of expenses and ordering the opening of procurement procedures, awarding and executing public contracts. This includes:
    1. the implementation of repair or restoration work on the buildings assigned to the service of the respective municipal administration and authorities;
    2. external commissioning for the collection, transport and dumping of municipal waste in the respective communities;
    3. the external commissioning of maintenance or repair services for state vehicles, which are assigned to the municipal administration and authorities;
    4. the external procurement of fuel for generators, engines or motor vehicles, which are used for the implementation of the service of local government and authorities;
    5. the external procurement of place-name signs and "police numbers";
    6. the construction, repair or maintenance of gardens and city parks;
    7. the construction and equipping of parking garages in urban areas;
    8. the improvement of the urban waste management network.
  2. Ensuring the preparation, implementation and reporting of the implementation of the municipal budget program;
  3. List of place-name signs and police numbers.

Administrative offices

The 13 municipalities are divided into a total of 65 administrative offices ( Portuguese Posto Administrativo , tetum Postu administrativu ), formerly sub-districts . One takes up the name from the Portuguese colonial times. Each administration of an administrative office is assigned a Suco as a seat. Before the restructuring in independent East Timor, there were 67 sub-districts. The administrative offices are run by administrators who report to the municipal administration.

The largest administrative office is Lospalos with 734.36 km², the smallest Nain Feto with 6.12 km². The following map shows the borders up to 2015.

1 Fatumean , 2 Fatululic , 3 Maucatar , 4 Hatu-Builico , 5 Letefoho , 6 Ermera , 7 Railaco , 8 Liquiçá , 9 Dom Aleixo , 10 Vera Cruz , 11 Laulara , 12 Nain Feto , 13 Cristo Rei , 14 Manatuto , 15 Barique , 16 Uatucarbau


Organizational chart of the administration of the municipality and the administrative office

Sucos and Aldeias

local community Number of sucos in 2017 Number of Aldeias in 2004 Number of Aldeias in 2009 Number of Aldeias 2017
Aileu 33 139 135 139
Ainaro 21st 131 131 131
Baucau 59 286 281 281
Bobonaro 50 193 194 194
Cova Lima 30th 147 148 148
Dili 36 241 241 241
Ermera 52 275 277 277
Lautém 34 151 151 151
Liquiçá 23 134 134 134
Manatuto 31 098 099 103
Manufahi 29 137 137 137
Oe-Cusse Ambeno 18th 062 063 063
Viqueque 36 234 234 234
Caicoli Suco Council meeting (Dili)

The sucos ( tetum suku ) are often equated with the term village . During the Portuguese colonial period, the sucos were called povoaçãos . In Dili they correspond to districts ( bairros ). Each sucos is headed by a suco chef ( chefe de suco , xefi suco ) and a suco council ( conselho de suco ), who are elected by the people.

Individual localities and districts of larger towns also have the status of an Aldeia (in English often equated with hamlet 'hamlet'), in which an Aldeia chef ( chefe de aldeia , xefi aldeia ) is elected. The first elections were held in 2004 and 2005, one after the other, in the individual districts at the time; the last elections were on October 9, 2009. The next elections will take place between September 15 and October 22, 2016 . The geographical boundaries of the Aldeias cannot be precisely defined, because in East Timor they are rather a social division that can perhaps best be equated with a “village community” or “neighborhood community”. During the 2010 and 2015 censuses, individual households were asked which Aldeia they felt they belonged to. However, mapping was not possible.

As of 2003, there were initially 496 sucos and 2336 aldeias. On July 14, 2004, the administrative borders were reorganized, after which there were only 442 sucos and 2228 aldeias. On September 15, 2009, the Aldeias were rearranged again, the number of Aldeias fell to 2225, and in 2017 the number of Sucos rose to 452 and Aldeias to 2233. In Aileu two sucos were added, in Dili five, in Manatuto two and in Viqueque one. The by-elections for the new sucos and aldeias took place in May. 42 of the sucos are classified as “ urban ”. 22 urban sucos alone are located in the municipality of Dili and form the state capital.

In terms of area, with 194.07 km² Muapitine ( Lospalos administrative office , Lautém municipality) is the largest Suco in East Timor. The smallest Suco is Gricenfor in Dili with 0.22 km². The urban Sucos Dilis have the highest population density. The front runner is Santa Cruz with 13,028.9 inhabitants / km². Fuiloro (administrative office Lospalos, municipality Lautém) has the largest population of the sucos outside Dilis with 16,701 inhabitants (2015).

In 2016, President Taur Matan Ruak signed a new “Suco Law” (Law 9/2016 of July 8, 2016). It defines the organization, duties and functions of the sucos and the tasks of the suco council. The procedure for the elections for the chefe de suco is also regulated. They take place every seven years; the incumbent can stand for re-election.

The Suco Council consists of the chefe de suco , the chefes de aldeia des Sucos, a female and a male delegate from each Aldeia, a female and a male youth representative and the Lian Nain .

The Aldeia assembly (assembleias de aldeia) is formed by all members of the village community over the age of 16. The chefes de aldeia are elected freely and secretly in the Aldeia assembly , as are the delegates for the Suco council. The Lian Nain and the youth representatives in the Suco Council are elected by the other newly elected members.

The sucos and aldeias are distributed among the individual communities as follows:

The following map shows the boundaries between 2003 and 2015.

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The borders of sucos East Timors 2015-2017. In pink, the sucos classified as urban


Further classifications of East Timor

For statistical purposes, the municipalities were grouped into regions. The regions are of no administrative importance.

  • Region I: Baucau, Lautém, Viqueque
  • Region II: Manatuto, Manufahi, Ainaro
  • Region III: Dili, Aileu, Ermera
  • Region IV: Bobonaro, Cova Lima, Liquiçá
  • Special region (Region V): Oe-Cusse Ambeno
The cultural regions of East Timor: Loro Munu (white) and Loro Sae (red).

Historically and culturally, East Timor is divided into a western ( Loro Munu ) and an eastern region ( Loro Sae ). Before the colonization by Portugal and the Netherlands , the island of Timor was divided into three loose spheres of power, which were linked by a complicated system of alliances. The central part was dominated by the Wehale kingdom with laran , the spiritual center of the entire island. With the colonial division of the area of ​​influence of Wehale, its eastern part with the eastern part of the island became the colony of Portuguese Timor and later became the state of East Timor. This division of the country cannot be traced back to the individual language groups, but has repeatedly led to conflicts in the history of the country, most recently with the unrest in East Timor in 2006 . The municipalities are assigned to the regions as follows:

  • Loro Munu: Dili, Aileu, Ainaro, Manufahi, Ermera, Bobonaro, Cova Lima, Liquiçá, Oe-Cusse Ambeno.
  • Loro Sae: Lautém, Baucau, Viqueque, Manatuto.

See also

Web links

Individual evidence

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